AF flight from Rio missing [merged]
Dec 13, 2014, 9:23 am
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Dec 14, 2014, 12:56 am
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Fascinating and terrifying indeed for someone who had no idea about these instruments.
Frightening that the guys in the cockpit seemed to have no idea either and tried randomly all kinds of maneuvers to solve the problem.
Frightening that the guys in the cockpit seemed to have no idea either and tried randomly all kinds of maneuvers to solve the problem.
Jan 27, 2015, 2:43 pm
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A very interesting perspective from an AF Airbus pilot : http://www.pnc-contact.com/2015/01/2...n-pilote-29131
Too bad it is in French only.
Too bad it is in French only.
Oct 21, 2015, 5:52 am
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The fight in court is going on :
- Air France (charged) asks the court to dismiss the second opinion granted to Airbus in 2014 which underlined the responsibility of AF pilots in the tragedy
- Airbus (charged as well) is against but at the same time agrees the get a third opinion
- Families of victims ask the court to order further inquiries because they fear nolle prosequi
Source (in French) : http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/...s_1727724.html
- Air France (charged) asks the court to dismiss the second opinion granted to Airbus in 2014 which underlined the responsibility of AF pilots in the tragedy
- Airbus (charged as well) is against but at the same time agrees the get a third opinion
- Families of victims ask the court to order further inquiries because they fear nolle prosequi
Source (in French) : http://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/...s_1727724.html
Nov 17, 2015, 6:21 am
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Today's decision from the court : the second opinion (which did favor Airbus) is taken off the investigation.
Source (in French) : http://www.tdg.ch/monde/Une-contreex...medium=twitter
Source (in French) : http://www.tdg.ch/monde/Une-contreex...medium=twitter
May 12, 2021, 1:35 am
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Almost 12 years later .... Just in from AFP/Le Parisien:
C’était une décision très attendue par les familles des 228 victimes du crash Rio-Paris. La cour d’appel de Paris a décidé ce mercredi qu’il y aurait bien un procès contre Air France et Airbus. Les deux entreprises sont en effet renvoyées devant le tribunal correctionnel pour « homicides involontaires » pour leurs responsabilités indirectes dans le crash du Rio-Paris qui avait fait 228 morts en 2009.
Cette décision, réclamée par le parquet général et très attendue des familles des victimes, invalide le non-lieu prononcé en 2019 en faveur de la compagnie et du constructeur au terme des investigations. Les avocats d’Airbus ont immédiatement annoncé un recours en cassation.
Crash du Rio-Paris : Air France et Airbus renvoyées en correctionnelle
C’était une décision très attendue par les familles des 228 victimes du crash Rio-Paris. La cour d’appel de Paris a décidé ce mercredi qu’il y aurait bien un procès contre Air France et Airbus. Les deux entreprises sont en effet renvoyées devant le tribunal correctionnel pour « homicides involontaires » pour leurs responsabilités indirectes dans le crash du Rio-Paris qui avait fait 228 morts en 2009.Cette décision, réclamée par le parquet général et très attendue des familles des victimes, invalide le non-lieu prononcé en 2019 en faveur de la compagnie et du constructeur au terme des investigations. Les avocats d’Airbus ont immédiatement annoncé un recours en cassation.
Apr 17, 2023, 7:06 am
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Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash
Originally Posted by The Guardian
Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash
Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris
A Paris court has cleared Air France and Airbus of involuntary manslaughter over the crash of flight 447 in 2009 that killed 228 people.
Giving its verdict on Monday, the court said if there had been faults committed, “no certain causal link” with the accident could be shown.
The Airbus A330 was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm. Lawyers for passengers’ families had battled for years to address what they said were failings leading to the worst aviation disaster in Air France’s history.
The ruling followed a two-month trial last year, at the end of which the public prosecutors’ office had suggested it was impossible to prove that either company was to blame and suggested they be cleared.
